dret

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See also: drèt

English

Pronunciation

Verb

dret

  1. Obsolete spelling of drate; simple past of drite [18th century]

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan dret, from Late Latin drictus,[1] syncopated form of Latin dīrectus. Cognate with Occitan drech, dreit, French droit, Sicilian drittu. Doublet of directe.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dret (feminine dreta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural dretes)

  1. right; opposite of left
    Synonym: destre
    Antonyms: esquerre, sinistre
  2. straight (not crooked or bent)
    Synonym: recte
    Antonym: corb
  3. upright, erect, standing
    Synonyms: dempeus, vertical

Derived terms

Noun

dret m (plural drets)

  1. right (something one is allowed to do)
  2. law (collectively, all the laws to which citizens are subject)
  3. law (the science)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ dret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.

Adjective

dret

  1. right
  2. straight, direct

Middle English

Noun

dret

  1. (rare) Alternative form of dred

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin drictus, from Latin dīrectus.

Noun

dret m (plural drets)

  1. (law, Puter, Vallader) law

Adjective

dret m (feminine singular dretta, masculine plural drets, feminine plural drettas)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) right (direction)

Slovene

Verb

dret

  1. supine of dreti

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate with English dirt.

Noun

dret c

  1. (dialectal) shit (excrement; dirt, filth; (figuratively) crap)

Usage notes

Sometimes used as an intensifier, similar to "skit-" – "dretfull" means "shit-faced."

Declension

References